BOLDstart Ventures

New York, New York

BOLDstart Ventures is a New York-based, micro-VC fund that seeks to partner with and provide seed funding to bold entrepreneurs in the Internet, mobile, and cloud computing markets. Founded by Ed Sim in partnership with lead investor Penny Black, the firm actively works with entrepreneurs to help them become market leaders. Ed Sim has been leading first round investments for over 15 years and financed many leading enterprises like Greenplum (sold to EMC), GoToMyPC (sold to Citrix), 24/7 Media (public and sold to WPP Group), LivePerson (Nasdaq: LPSN), Answers.com (Nasdaq: ANSW), and Gizmo5 (sold to Google). BOLDstart seeks to invest $200k to $300k in companies primarily in New York, however is open to invest nationally.

Firm Location:New York, New York

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BOLDstart Ventures Team

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VCs	SWEET SPOT (RANGE)	INVESTMENT LOCATIONS	TOP INVESTMENT CATEGORIES
Eliot DurbinBOLDstart VenturesGeneral Partner	$750k ($250k - $1m)	Investors in New York (NY), Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in Ottawa, Investors in Toronto (Ontario)	Investors in AI, Investors in Analytics, Investors in Biotech, Investors in Data services, Investors in Developer tools, Investors in Marketplaces, Investors in SaaS, Investors in Sales and CRM, Investors in Security, Investors in SMB software
Ed SimBOLDstart VenturesManaging Partner	$1.5m ($250k - $2.5m)	Investors in Paris (France), Investors in London, Investors in Tel Aviv (Israel), Investors in New York (NY), Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in Toronto (Ontario)	Investors in AI, Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Developer tools, Investors in Diverse VCs (Other Lists), Investors in Enterprise, Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in SaaS, Investors in Security, Investors in VCs who invested in diverse founders (Other Lists), Investors in VCs who invested in female founders (Other Lists)

Eliot Durbin

BOLDstart Ventures·General Partner

Sweet spot: $750k

Range: $250k - $1m

Investors in New York (NY), Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in Ottawa, Investors in Toronto (Ontario)

Investors in AI, Investors in Analytics, Investors in Biotech, Investors in Data services, Investors in Developer tools, Investors in Marketplaces, Investors in SaaS, Investors in Sales and CRM, Investors in Security, Investors in SMB software

Ed Sim

BOLDstart Ventures·Managing Partner

Sweet spot: $1.5m

Range: $250k - $2.5m

Investors in Paris (France), Investors in London, Investors in Tel Aviv (Israel), Investors in New York (NY), Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in Toronto (Ontario)

Investors in AI, Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Developer tools, Investors in Diverse VCs (Other Lists), Investors in Enterprise, Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in SaaS, Investors in Security, Investors in VCs who invested in diverse founders (Other Lists), Investors in VCs who invested in female founders (Other Lists)